Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [pron] [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From a cupboard , she took a large , brown , straw hat and a dark grey coat ; and after first pinning the hat on to her hair she shrugged herself into the coat . |
| 2 | But there was nothing , and with a quick twist of her body she hoisted herself over the wooden rail to slither down on to the deserted deck . |
| 3 | In their languages they described themselves as ‘ the man ’ or ‘ the human ’ . |
| 4 | The injury to her knee she did herself by falling against a tree in the dark . ’ |
| 5 | Despite her depression she occupied herself with office tasks , and , although there were times when she dabbed at a tear , she reminded herself that she must prepare for the time when she would never see Silas again . |
| 6 | Once through its portals you find yourself in a courtyard surrounded on three sides by the relatively undisturbed medieval manor , whose mullioned windows have sometimes been exchanged for sash . |
| 7 | In reaching his decision he founded himself on the only reported case as far as we know that has been decided under this provision ; it is the decision of the Court of Appeal in Brown v Liverpool Corporation [ 1969 ] 3 AER 1345 . |
| 8 | Then , almost alone , he awaited his fate , and as the British troops stormed through the gateway of his stronghold he shot himself with a pistol sent to him in happier days by Queen Victoria . |
| 9 | As he worked on his script he kept himself to himself . |
| 10 | It was the social security man , and recognizing his voice I braced myself for what he might say . |
| 11 | On the first day of his reappearance he contented himself with walking about , avoiding people 's eyes , or shovelling at the still melting ramparts like a man with a crime to expiate . |
| 12 | Thus to love or hate you , it may not be enough that your actions in your own interests make all the difference between success and failure for my highest hopes ; but it may be enough , even if nothing you do has any bearing on my projects , that in being drawn to or shrinking from your viewpoint I feel myself in touch with a personality of which the total pattern attracts or repels my own . |